USA HISTORY

THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940

THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which type of music was most popular in the 1920s?
A
Jazz
B
Rock and Roll
C
Rock and Roll
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Popular numbers in the 1920s were pop hits such as “Sweet Georgia Brown", “Dinah” and “Bye Bye Blackbird". The first jazz artist to be given some liberty in choosing his material was Louis Armstrong, whose band helped popularize many of the early standards in the 1920s and 1930s.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jazz began in New Orleans in the 1920s as a blending of blues, ragtime, and civic brass band traditions, then this early style of “Hot Jazz” made its way north to Chicago and east to New York in the late 1920s.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is important to note that Classic Blues became very prominent from 1920 after Mamie Smith recorded Crazy Blues and grew in popularity along with jazz. In 1920, Paul Whiteman and his band recorded “Whispering” in New York City, in a subgenre known as symphonic jazz.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jazz music became wildly popular in the “Roaring Twenties, ” a decade that witnessed unprecedented economic growth and prosperity in the United States.

Detailed explanation-5: -Genres that debuted or were popular in the 1920s: Blues. Classical Music. Jazz. Country Music.

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